Cyprus Mail: Towards a win-win situation

IN AUGUST 1922, the waves of the beloved Aegean Sea became red with blood. They marked the end of 2,000 years of hellenism, for more than one million Greeks from Asia Minor. This had been preceded by huge errors of the Greeks. A few people were severely punished. Friends and the allies in the east and the west watched with indifference.

In July 1974, the waves of the Kyrenia Sea, “the beloved sea of Kyrenia”, as the poet lamented, became red with blood. They probably marked the end of 3,000 years of history for 160,000 Greek Cypriots in the north of Cyprus. This was preceded by a series of huge errors. Almost nobody was punished. Friends and the allies in the east and the west watched with indifference.  

History repeats itself. We have proved incorrigible. We commit the same mistakes again and again and we pay the bitter price.  MORE